200+ Slimmin' Down in Spring!

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I weighed myself this morning...dumb to do after the wine and cheese and high sodium mexican pizzas a la Taco Bell I made last night, and the fact that I'm sore. I was up two lbs to 207.8. I swear I feel like such a loser. I keep hovering between 205-207 and can't get it down.

Time to be honest here, has my slacking off and not working out five to six days a week totally stopped my weight loss completely? I know my eating hasn't been great but even when I was working out that much and eating and logging everything right I barely lost anything. It is super discouraging and I guess its time I ask your guys' opinions...what do I need to do?

Seriously. I can take the criticism if you guys are seeing something that I am obviously missing here. Gawd. I won't stop, but it makes me feel like i want to. I feel like I'm just lurking in this group and not getting it done you know?

Since I was seeing some changes the first six weeks of the year, I was hoping that by backing off a bit on the exercise I'd maybe see some more on the scale...since that is how it works for more people. Less weights, etc. more loss. But unfortunately I guess I am learning that I can't do that because I eat more I think, more splurge meals than I should be having.

My husband says last night that he wasn't noticing the changes as much this six week challenge as the first. So I need to take the next two weeks and push it. And when I come back from Vegas, don't let up until June. That will be my next push.

Maybe I need to do something like that to my diet too Amy. Jump start the body somehow.

I weighed in today, lost 3.4 lbs this week. WOOHOO! Down to 227.6 lbs

I weighed in today, lost 6.6 lbs this week. I don't know how... but I am thankful for the loss. I literally weighed myself 20 times with 2 different scales to make sure it was right, lol!!! I am down to 221.0 lbs.

Hope everyone is doing good! :-)

Well I only lost a few ounces this week...

Thank you everyone for your kind words. Still no news, so I'm just trucking along and trying to get ahead at work. I weighed in this morning at 235.6 lbs for a loss of 1.6. Not huge, but steady so I'm pretty happy with it!

Well, I took a rest day from P90X and went to my son's last basketball game of the season and then spent 2 hours bowling with his team mates, The Hubbs and Deli (who hasn't been around here lately) and her family. I had sooo much fun! Then we came home and played Rock Band until my throat gave out. I hope it's just too much singing and not an actual sore throat! Hope everyone is doing great!

well hello everyone. i have been lurking. i feel like poo. i think while i was sleeping someone came and injected thick gooey liquid into my head and chest. even though im still sick i am going to attempt a work out tonight depending on how i feel. i cant breathe with out coughing. i weighed today and it showed a loss but im waiting till tomorrow or monday to record. well its back to work for me. see ya later.

Noelle: WOW! Great loss girl!

Amber: Feel better. Being sick sux!

Karen: Your pics are awesome. You guys have done so well!!!!

Andrea: I think that if I could have any celeb's body, I'd opt for Angelina Jolie but I think I am more realistically J-Lo or Beyonce (I got a bit more junk in the trunk than Angelina). I like your pic!

As for me, yesterday was a complete bust. I ate crap. I didn't log. The only exercise I got was bowling (although it does burn a surprising amount of calories!). I still have a freaking headache and a bit of a sore throat but I'm gonna be back on track today. I also have to go grocery shopping since we didn't do it yesterday and are rapidly running out of healthy food options. Have a great day ladies.

Amber: I hope you feel better soon. Being sick is awful

Kendal: Wow, look at you! You have made some amazing progress!

Amy: Sounds like you're a bit under the weather--hopefully you feel better soon.

noelle: Wow, 4 lbs is amazing! You're doing great

Karen: Great pictures! Even if you've gained some back you and your hubby have done amazingly well.

I've been pretty good all week, as the number suggest, but today I'll be tested pretty severely. We're going to a breakfast buffet at the local dinner theater, followed by the matinee performance of the show (can't remember the title, but it's a comedy). I have resolved to not go overboard and just eat what I like within reason, and to make healthy choices where available. One thing I remember about this place is they have loads of fresh fruit, so I think I'm going to load up on that.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday

ok, I've lost the time window to edit my last post so I'm gonna attempt to post a bigger version of that picture

Kendal - you look GREAT in your pics.

Karen - you pics look good too..

As for me, I posted yesterday but the cybber ghosts have stolen it....

As for me - I'm looking at another long day...

I gained since I weighed 2 weeks ago, which I expected. I am at 259.0. I will do better this week!! I rejoined a gym and am going to start tonight!

Hey Everyone!

Holy crap, I didn't get on the board for 2 days and I missed SO much... not really sure where to start, sorry if I miss a ton of stuff.

Lacey, don't beat yourself up about the scale, and don't give up. Working out is SO good for you... not only are you burning the calories while doing it, but your body has to keep working after to rebuild the muscles, so you gotta keep going with it. I agree with Amy, probably a good idea to try to limit the refined grains you are putting into your body, which is easiest to do at home. Just remember that you are doing this not only for the confidence and smaller jeans, but also for your overall health and wellbeing. Whenever I get really ticked that the scale isn't showing what I want it to, I remember that in the long run, what matters is my health. Life is short enough on its own, I don't need to beat the crap out of my body with terrible food and laziness and make it even shorter!

Kendall, you've made AWESOME progress! Well done!

Amy... pulled hammy? Boo! I have achilles tendinitis in my left ankle... when it starts to get really pissed, I try to ice it and elevate it as often as possible. Probably a good idea to stick with some lower impact leg workouts for a week or so to give it time to recover. And since I'm by no means a doctor, there's always the option of taking some anti-inflammatorys and living with it. j/k.

Andrea, how'd you do over the weekend? Did you keep up with the Wi?

WIChelle, 30DS is just 30 day shred... I've been trying to do it every morning along with whatever other workout I'm doing.


Weekend was super fun, super not healthy... did my best at dinner Friday night (swordfish and brussel sprouts), but then after Tosh (who was FREAKING HILARIOUS, btw) we went to a bar and then the casino and I ended up eating a hamburger at Five Guys at about 2:30 in the morning... oops. Saturday we ate out again all day and ended up at Michigan Brewing Company, so more beers... Sunday was a little better because I was home, but I didn't manage to get up and work out at all. So I started fresh this morning and at least gave myself a pat on the back that I watched my portions all weekend, even if what I was eating was total junk.

I lost 2lbs. I am at 240 now. I didnt lose anything last week. I posted that, but noticed there was a question mark by my name last week.

I thought that at least for the next two weeks I could get on here and be good about logging. Ha. Its nuts here at work with the tradeshow in two weeks, customers flying in from all over the world and planning for it all. SO my goals for the next two weeks:
1. get 300 minutes of exercise
2. Make conscious choices about food
3. log as much food as I can but not beat myself up about it if it doesnt' happen

That is the best I can do right now. At the very least by exercising I can still create some sort of deficit. Ideally anyways.